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摘要

If you're old enough to remember peace and love and bell-bottoms, then America's latest debate on marijuana will have a familiar ring to it. What's new is that the government might be coming—somewhat reluctantly—to the conclusion that marijuana could make good medicine. Last month, at the request of the US National Institutes of Health, a group of experts spent two days reviewing all the evidence. After scrutinising the few scientific studies that have been done, and listening to doctors and their patients who say they have benefited from the drug, the panel concluded that marijuana could be useful for treating glaucoma, nausea brought on by chemotherapy, AIDS-related wasting, and the symptoms of other diseases.